"Jacare" gets a sizable move up the middleweight rankings following an absolute thrashing of Yushin Okami. Although he has a narrow loss to No. 6 Luke Rockhold two years ago, Souza's recent body of work earned him a higher spot.

The UFC’s busy four-event stretch came to a close this past week, and Glover Teixeira and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza emerged as the two big winners from UFC Fight Night 28.

With a win over Ryan Bader, Teixeira moved up a spot at light heavyweight to No. 6, and he’s also been promised a title shot.

But this week’s big mover was Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who thrashed perennial contender Yushin Okami and vaulted from No. 8 to No. 4 in the middleweight rankings.

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